Cellphone with navigation sytem

[cup_shovei]

hi guys.... what you think about cellphone with navigator? is there such a thing now there in the philippines? (ok im here in switzerland) and i've seen here that every car had a navigator and soon there is this company who will bring out this cellphone + navigator. actually my friend is working there and he said maybe we could market also in the philippines, but i dont have idea though if we already have it there. but as i read the forum i dont think so....am i right? because actually they can make program with this gadget so it will be applicable in our country.....
i was just thinking of making business actually. i would love to hear any suggestion or opinions or comments or whatever regarding this matter. and whoever had idea about business. please write me. my email add is cup_shovei*yahoo.com

[Camgen6]

I think meron na.

[ckj289]

yup meron na... it's called tomtom mobile kaso wala pang maps ata for the philippines. yun ang gamit ko ngayon dito sa australia. I tried looking for a map for the phils pero wala. para sana sa dad ko nung nag-visit sila dito. I use a bluetooth gps receiver with it.

[cutedoc]

i am not that sure if navigator will be efficient here in the phil especially metro manila, where traffic re routing is quite often...

[StraightSix]

Ok lang yon. Most, if not all current navi softwares have the rerouting feature ... In case you have to turn because of a traffic diversion or just made a mistake in turning, the software will recalculate your route.

[SNAKE V6]

I think Verizon here in the US has that feature, pag hanap ka ng e.g. sine e turn per turn nya sasabihin.

You have to make a more intense feasibility study to bring it to the Phils though. One is that electronic maps are very expensive (thousand of dollars per section), I know coz we use that in designing cellular networks there, we enter longtitude/lat rather than street name and rely on our familiarity of Metro Manila for the street name. I don't know however if they have a street per street/stret name resolution for the Phils. Meron na bang Navi option ang mga oto sa Pinas? Kung wala big sabihin walang mapa.

That's a good idea man. If you could make it work you can pitch it to cellular providers there, (although I doubt that they haven't thought of that already and determined its viability as a revenue generator is not that good). But you might get a better break.

Good Luck!

[boybi]

i'm using mapking asia for navigating metro manila using an xda mini coupled with holux bluetooth gps receiver. it have a complete street map of metromanila and have routing with voice assisted navigation.

for the rest of the philippines, i use garmin que's software.